Etymology

Holford

H4O1L1F4O1R1D2

Today it means: A village and civil parish in Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST1541). Full definition →

Old English holh
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromholh“hole; hollow, sunken”
  2. English todayHolford

From Old English holh (“hole; hollow, sunken”) + ford (“ford”).

Words from the same roots

Old Englishholh all →

hollowhollowayHolcombeHolroydHolwellHolkhamHolway

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.